Year: 2009

Taser by JT20162016

Deaf, Mentally Ill Man Tasered and Pepper Sprayed By Mobile Police

July 28, 2009 BY ASSOCIATED PRESS MOBILE, Ala.—- Police in Mobile, Ala., used pepper spray and a Taser on a deaf, mentally disabled who they said wouldn’t leave a store’s bathroom. The family of 37-year-old Antonio Love has filed a formal complaint over the incident on Friday. Police tell the Press-Register of Mobile that officers […]

Politics by JT20162016

Bill Kristol ‘s Ego Tells Him to Go on Jon Stewart Again and We Are All Better For it

Note to Kristol: Hire Publicist. Fire Publicist. jt

Wanderlust by JT2016

Rocking The Yoga Up In Tahoe

July 28, 2009 New York Times By MELENA RYZIK LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — Beneath a starry sky here on Friday, on a stage underneath a ski lift, Sharon Jones, the powerhouse singer of the funk-soul band the Dap-Kings, was nearly ready to perform. “What I need to do now,” she told the audience, “is loosen […]

Torture by JT20162016

Glenn Greenwald Waterboards Chuckie Todd

S A L O N Glenn Greenwald Yesterday, I voiced several criticisms of comments made earlier this week by NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd regarding potential torture investigations by the Obama Justice Department. Shortly thereafter, he emailed me to say that he wished I had contacted him before posting. In response, I invited him to participate in a […]

Cheney by JT2016

Raw Story: Congressman John Conyers Calls For Investigation of Bush Abuses

Raw Story Daniel Tencer The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee has called for both a criminal investigation and a blue-ribbon panel to look into “Bush administration abuses of power and misconduct.” Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) told the National Press Club Friday that both avenues should be pursued because a criminal investigation would be done […]